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Just reported
Q3 2026 results
From Altria's results release of October 29, 2026; its quarterly report has since been filed.
Revenue
Actual
$6.13B
+1.0% y/y
+0.3% q/qGuided
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No guide given
EPS, GAAP
Actual
$1.51
+7.1% y/y
+10% q/qGuided
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No guide given
Operating income, GAAP
Actual
$3.31B
+2.6% y/y
+5.6% q/qGuided
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No guide given
Company outlook
Full year 2026
- EPS, adjusted$5.66 – $5.74Raised +0.6%
Set against the company's own guidance and the same quarter a year earlier, not analysts' estimates, which we do not hold. Adjusted figures are the company's own non-GAAP measures, as stated in the release.
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How it makes money
- Smokeable products: cigarettes and machine-made cigars88%
year ended December 31, 2025
- Oral tobacco products: moist smokeless tobacco and nicotine pouches12%
year ended December 31, 2025
- E-vapor products
Competes with
What it sells5
Marlboro cigarettes
Combustible cigarettes made by Philip Morris USA and sold mainly in the United States.
Black & Mild cigars
Machine-made large cigars made by John Middleton and sold mainly in the United States.
Copenhagen, Skoal and Red Seal
Moist smokeless tobacco products made by U.S. Smokeless Tobacco.
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on! and on! PLUS nicotine pouches
Tobacco-free oral nicotine pouches sold by Helix. By the second quarter of 2026, on! PLUS was available in 120,000 stores (second quarter of 2026, high).
NJOY e-vapor products
Tobacco and menthol e-vapor products. NJOY ACE was subject to U.S. import and sales restrictions described in the filing.
Who buys it3
- Wholesalers and distributors that buy Altria tobacco products for resale.
- Large retail organizations, including chain stores, that buy products for sale to adult consumers.
- Adult consumers who buy Altria brands through retail stores.
What it stands on, and what could break it
What the business leans on
- 1Altria earns substantially all of its revenue from customers in the United States.
- 2Its products are subject to U.S. Food and Drug Administration rules, including premarket review requirements for certain new or modified products.
- 3Its businesses depend on tobacco leaf, nicotine materials, other components, and a small number of key suppliers, distributors and distribution-chain service providers.
What could go wrong
- 1Changes in adult nicotine consumers’ preferences, spending power and product choices can reduce demand for Altria brands; the company reports cigarette and moist smokeless tobacco volume declines and competition from pouches and e-vapor products.
- 2Government rules, enforcement, taxes and litigation can affect whether products may be made, marketed or sold. For example, NJOY ACE faced U.S. import and sales restrictions, and products without required Food and Drug Administration authorization may face enforcement.
- 3Illicit nicotine products, especially flavored disposable e-vapor products, compete with regulated products; Altria says enforcement has not yet stopped their spread.
About Altria Group, Inc.
Its subsidiaries make Marlboro cigarettes, Black & Mild cigars, Copenhagen and Skoal moist smokeless tobacco, on! nicotine pouches, and NJOY e-vapor products. Altria sells mainly to wholesalers, distributors and large retailers, which supply stores for adult consumers. It also owns a majority stake in Horizon, a joint venture for heated tobacco sticks; the latest quarterly filing says Horizon had no products on sale in the United States.
- Head office
- Richmond, Virginia
- Founded
- 1985 (as Philip Morris Companies Inc.)
- Employees
- approximately 5,900 (December 31, 2025, high)
- Listed on
- NYSE
- Financial year ends
- December 31
Built from Altria Group, Inc.’s own filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Figures are as reported, with per-share history restated onto today’s share basis. This describes a business — it is not investment advice and not a recommendation to buy or sell anything.
